Clothesline tightener



May, 1929. J. F. QUIGLEY 1,713,447

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- c'nornmmn'rrenrnnm I I Application flled October 19,' 1928. Serial 10. 313,540.

7 This invention relates to clothes lines and element may -be wire, rope or other like its general object is to provide a clothes line means.

withmeans fordrawing the same taut in an The opposite end of the flexible element ea'sy'and expeditious manner with very little is secured to an eye-6 that is formed on one 5 effort. of ;the ends of a threaded shank 7, and 60 Another object of the invention is to prothe eye- 6' has'formed therewith a handle 8 vide a tightenerfor clothes lines, to prevent arranged atright angles with res ect to thesagging thereof with the result the use of threaded shank 7 which is thread 1y secured props, and the like will be eliminated. in an opening formed in the enlarged cen- 1-0 A still further object of the invention tral portion -9 of one of the end members 65 is to provide a clothes line withtightening of a frame, andthis frame is in the form of means therefor, that is extremely simple in a turn buckle and not only includes the end construction, inexpensive to manufacture and -member referred to and which is indicated efiicient in'operation and service. i by the reference numeral 10 but also In- This invention also consists in certain eludes longitudinally arranged spaced para-L 70 other features of, construction and in the lel members 11 and an end member 12 havcombination and arrangement pf the seving an enlarged central portion with a eral parts, to be hereinafter fully described, threaded opening formed therein to threadillustrated in the accompanying drawings edly receive a threaded bolt "13 that is passed and specifically pointed out in the-appended through the'bore of the other post and is 7 In describing my invention in detail, refa-nut 14 that is likewise countersunk in the erence will be had to the accompanying post as shown. V drawingswherein like'characters denote like The end member 10is relatively longer I or corresponding parts throughout the sev- 'than the end member 12 so as to provide eral views, and in which: handles foroperating the tightener which in- I Fi re 1'is a fragmentary front elevation eludes the elements just described and is 'illus' ating the clothes line and its tightenclearly shown in Figure 1- of the drawings. ing means which formsthe subject matter of. In Figure 4, I have illustrated'a fastening claims. held therein through the instrumentality of 30 the present invention applied to posts. means. to be used on buildings and the like,

Figure 2 is a sectional view illustrating where there is no available space for burying the turn buckle of my tightening means. or supporting posts such as indicated by the Figure 3 is a view taken at right angles reference numeral 1 and this fastener into one of the posts shown in Figure 1 and cludes a base plate 15 having openings 35 illustratesthemanner-of counter-sinking the formed therein to accommodate screws 16 nuts therein. 1 r for" securing the fastener to a building and Figure 4 is a fragmentary view of'a fasextending centrally from the base plate 15 tener' to be used on buildings and the like. is the shank 17 of a hooks-18 which of course Referring to the drawings in detail the is adapted to receive one of the ends of the 40 reference numeral 1 indicates a pair of'posts flexibleelement 5 while its opposite end is which are supported in an upright position fixed to the eye 6 of thetightener, the ti ht-' in any suitable manner and have arranged ener being secured'to the side of a buil 'ng adjacent theirnpper ends transversely disin any appropriate manner as will be ap-;-. posed bores for a purpose which will be presparent 45 ently apparent. I It,-is thought fromthe foregoing descrip- I Disposed in the bore of one of the posts is tion'i thatrthe advantages and novel features the shank 2 of a fastening element which of m invention will be readil apparent; J includes an eye 3 formed on one end and the I esire it to be understo that I may shank 2 is'threaded to accommodate a nut 4 make changes in the construction and in the 150 that is countersunk in the post .so as to'precombination and arrangement of the several vent turning of the shank as will be apaparts, provided that such {changes fall within parent.- the scope ofthe appended claims.

Securedto the eye is one of the ends of What I 018.1111 is: v w I a flexible element 5 ,which' constitutes the 1; A clothes line organizatiomcomprising 55 linev for receiving clothes and this flexible a flexible element, means securely receiving. g

out of the ends of said flerible element, tightening means including an eyesecurely receiving the opposite end thereof, a handle 'formed with said eye, a threaded shank formed with said eye and a turn buckle 'threadedly receiving said threaded shank.

being disposed at right angles with respect to said handle, a turn buckle including end 'members having-threaded openings formed therein, the threaded opening of one of said end v members threadedly receiving the threaded shank, handles -formed on the last mentioned end member and cooperating with the handle first inenti'oned, means threadedly received in the opening of the other end member and securing means for the last mentioned means.

3. A clothes lineftightener comprising a frame-in the form of a'turn buckle and 'ineluding longitudinally arranged spaced parallel members, end 'members formed vvith said parallel members and being provided with enlarged portions formed with threaded openings, a threaded bolt received in the threaded opening of one of saidrend members, a shank received in the opening of the other end member, an eye formed with said shank, a handle forfiied with said shank at right angles to the threaded shank, and one I of said endmembers being longer than the other to provide handles. i

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOSEPH FRANCIS QUIGLEY. 

